Kid-friendly places in Budapest

Hotel attached to an indoor water park with eleven slides and a wave pool, plus a staffed indoor playhouse and two- and three-room apartments.

Five-star hotel with a family room made of two adjoining rooms for up to five, baby cribs, a kids' menu and babysitting.

Hotel with an indoor pool, a rooftop pool in summer and cribs for babies.

Spa hotel in the park on Margaret Island, with a covered walkway to indoor and outdoor pools next door.

Hotel with a pool open all year, a two-bedroom family suite and family rooms of two connecting rooms with two bathrooms.

American bistro with a kids' corner, a changing table and a child seat for the toilet.

Apartment hotel with two-, three- and four-bedroom suites, each with a kitchenette.

Slides built into the hillside (tube, twisty and double ones), with climbing frames, a rope bridge, swings and trampolines.

A huge playground with water play, sandpits, trampolines and a climbing tower shaped like a hot-air balloon.

Two playgrounds in one park: a big rope-course adventure playground and a fairy-tale playground.

Apartment hotel with full kitchens and washing machines, one- and two-bedroom apartments and a two-story family duplex.

Riverside playground with climbing and balancing equipment in separate areas by age, next to lawns and fountains.

Restaurant with an indoor play corner, a playground on the terrace and a babysitter who plays with the kids at weekends.

Restaurant by the park's lake with a play corner and a menu for under-12s.

Hungarian food and pizza, with a play corner inside, a wooden playhouse and a playground in the garden.

Riverside restaurant with a playground by the water, a bouncy castle and kids' shows.

One of the oldest zoos in the world, with Art Nouveau animal houses, elephants and a fairy-tale play area inside.

Narrow-gauge railway through the wooded hills, staffed by kids, on a ride of about 45 minutes from end to end.

Hands-on science center with games from age 3, a route made for preschoolers, and signs in English as well as Hungarian.

Fairy-tale corner of the zoo with big play areas and an indoor playhouse that has live animals and a climbing course over several levels.

More than a hundred old locomotives and carriages to clamber into, plus handcars to pump along the track and a turntable that still turns.

Outdoor pools on the island in the river, with slides and plenty of room for splashing in summer.

Café with a children's corner that has a little play kitchen.

Aquarium inside a shopping mall, with a shark tunnel you walk through, alligators, and a rainforest room where monkeys roam loose.

A fairytale castle with turrets in the city park, a short walk from the zoo and the boating lake.